The 2000 season was the zenith for the Fallbrook High football team with coach Randy Blankenship leading the Warriors to a San Diego Section Division I championship.

The rest of the century, however, hasn’t been kind to Fallbrook football.

The Warriors are 39-89-1 since 2000 and just 14-75-1 over the last nine years, including an 0-10 season in 2006.

Over the last three seasons, Fallbrook was 3-26-1 under Joe Silvey.

Feeling he wasn’t getting through to the players, Silvey stepped down at the end of the season.

Now it falls to 32-year-old Kyle Williams to return the Warriors to their 2000 glory.

“I’m grateful the administration has put its faith in me,” said Williams, who teaches English at Fallbrook and has been on the football staff for five years, four as defensive coordinator.

Williams comes from a football family.

His father, Bill, was the head coach at USD in the ’70s and ’80s and is now one of the top clinicians in the nation.

“I grew up in coaching,” said Kyle Williams, who played at Poway and San Diego Mesa College. “When Coach Silvey resigned, I had two options: Coach somewhere else, or use my résumé to help me get the job.”

Fallbrook Athletic Director Patrick Walker said the selection committee was very impressed with Williams.

“Kyle was the defensive coordinator at Poway before he came to Fallbrook,” Walker said. “He did a great job there as well as here. He has great energy and great qualifications.

“I have so much respect for Joe Silvey. We wanted him to stay as coach, but he resigned, saying whatever he was doing wasn’t working. Now it’s up to Kyle to make it work here.”

This is Williams’ first head coaching assignment. He knows the challenges of working in Fallbrook — a town with one high school where the community is totally involved.

“I’m only one part of the stew,” Williams said. “I want to get the coaches on campus, who didn’t coach the last few years, to come back. I need the players to buy in. I need to change the mindset of the players. I need them to get in great shape, lift weights, get stronger.

“And I need the administration and community to embrace the program. I need everyone to buy in. If they do, I think we’re capable of doing great things here — winning championships.”

Coaching change

Escondido Charter has named Mark Carlson head football coach, replacing Greg Brose.

Brose, the school’s athletic director, will stay on and coach the offensive and defensive lines.